Saturday's local baseball roundup: Tides bring home the bacon, as does eating contest winner at Harbor Park

The Norfolk Tides won a rain-shortened 2-1 game Saturday night against the Buffalo Bisons before 6,027 at Harbor Park.

With one out in the bottom of the eighth, the umpires stopped the game. It never resumed.

Perhaps the game will be best remembered for a bacon-eating contest.

Wes Price, 32, won the seven-man, one-woman event by eating a pound of bacon in 1 minute, 50 seconds. Though he never had been in an eating competition, he received a coupon book for a year’s supply of Smithfield bacon and an engraved trophy plate.

Andy LaRoche, whose brother Adam stars for the Washington Nationals, belted a second-inning home run to give the Bisons -- the Toronto Blue Jays' top affiliate -- a 1-0 edge. Quintin Berry pulled the Tides even in the fifth by a lining a soft RBI single to center field, scoring Steve Lombardozzi.

In the sixth, the Tides went ahead when Dariel Alvarez doubled home Henry Urrutia, who had singled. Josh Stinson got the win with 3 2/3 innings of no-hit relief, striking out four. ...

The Baltimore Orioles signed veteran left-hander Joe Saunders, a Virginia Tech product who grew up in Northern Virginia, to a minor-league contract. He will report Monday to the Tides. ...

Jarrett Parker is going to his third team in a few days: the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies.

The former Virginia Cavaliers outfielder from Fredericksburg, who earned a ticket to the Eastern League All-Star Game for his play with the Western Division-leading Richmond Flying Squirrels, was called up Friday to the San Francisco Giants.

He was at New York's Citi Field and on the Giants' roster when they beat the Mets, but he did not play. Now, with starting first baseman Brandon Belt returning from injury, Parker was sent to Triple-A to make room for him.

Eastern League:

Elias Diaz batted 3-for-3 with three RBI as the host Altoona Curve held on to beat Richmond 7-6, handing the Flying Squirrels (66-48) their third consecutive loss.

The Curve (49-66) overcame a 3-1 deficit to go ahead 7-3, then survived a three-run Richmond rally in the eighth inning. Blake Miller, a Richmond newcomer, had a two-RBI single in that inning.

EL All-Star Jack Snodgrass (9-5) took the loss in one of his least effective outings of the season, giving up six earned runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.